bet a.ven is a named place used for borders, military movement, warnings, and communal activity in Scripture.

The supplied occurrences consistently use the term as a proper place-name: it marks a location beside the Ai and near Bethel, a wilderness reached by a border, a point in military movement, and a place addressed in Hosea's warnings.

1. A named geographic location · dominant

   Every supplied token is tagged Noun · Proper and identifies a location. In Joshua 7:2 the APB places the Ai beside it and east of Bethel; in Joshua 18:12 it renders a border's outgoings as reaching its wilderness. In 1 Samuel 13:5 and 1 Samuel 14:23 it marks the area of an encampment and the battle's movement, while Hosea 4:15, Hosea 5:8, and Hosea 10:5 place prohibitions, an alarm, and the response of inhabitants there.

   Joshua 7:2Joshua 18:121 Samuel 13:51 Samuel 14:23Hosea 4:15Hosea 5:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term consistently as "Beth-aven" across the supplied verses, whether the clause concerns a border, an encampment, battle movement, warning, or inhabitants. This consistency confirms the place-name presentation without isolating a further lexical nuance.